'Vol 166 1850 Muscat'

Title:

'Vol 166 1850 Muscat'

Contributor:

Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar (correspondent)
Emir of Najd, Wahhabi dynasty (correspondent)
Samuel Hennell (correspondent)

Date:

1850/1850

Description:

Correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel Hennell), his native Agents at Muscat and Sharjah, and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence in the file reports on the hostilities taking place between the Governor of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said, and the Chief of Suhar, Said Hamood bin Azan, and the Bombay and India Governments' responses to the crisis.1 file, 15 items (41 folios)The correspondence in the file is arranged in a rough chronological order, from the earliest piece at the front of the file, to the latest at the end.Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the last page of correspondence, with a pencil number in the top-right corner of each recto. The inside back cover is unfoliated.Condition: Close-cropping of pages during a earlier binding/preservation, has resulted in some words at the edges of the page being truncated. There is also evidence of insect damage on some pages. Neither of these issues affect the legibility or understanding of items in the file.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Rass el Khyma
Debai
Sohar
Shinas Fort

Extent:

1 file, 15 items (41 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00005c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00005c_en
IOR/R/15/1/119

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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